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BLUE-GREEN ALGAE
Scientific Name: Cyanobacteria
CLASSIFICATION
Kingdom: BACTERIA Phylum: CYANOBACTERIA Class: CHROOBACTERIA Order: CHROOCOCCALES Family: PROCHLORACEAE
HABITAT
Blue-Green Algae has the ability to live in both freshwater and saltwater. They do best in damp environments, so this means they live in rivers, streams, and moistened rocks. They sometimes form symbiotic relationships with other organisms, like lichens and sponges, and this allowed them to live inside or on these species.
"FUN FACTS"
1. When this algae dies, it leaves behind a dangerous toxin that can cause headaches, irritate the skin, and sometimes cause death.
2. Cyanobacteria have gas vesicles that allow them to float to the surface of the water, this helps them with photosynthesis.
3. They produce a type of cell called akinete. Akinetes are special because they store & absorb nutrients in their thick walls allowing the bacteria to live in many areas under a variety of conditions.
4. Blue-Green Algae has also been nicknamed "The architect's of Earth's atmosphere" because of their crucialrole in creating Oxygen.
ROLE IN THE ECOSYTEM
The niche of Blue- Green Algae is as nature's basis of the food chain. Adam Christopher says Blue- Green Algae is "nature's first and foundational mother and father generic engineering prototype for photosynthesis". Blue- Green Alage gives off oxygen and is one of the most basic producers for other organisms.
Blue Green Algae reproduces asexually through binary fission, and is photosynthetic, which means it makes its own food. Blue Green algae blooms when the water temperature is 82 degrees or over, or until the light is limited in the water. When the algae dies, it produces a toxic waste in the water and creates an odor in the water, and makes it toxic for animals.
LIFE CYCLE
